The Sun. — London, England, 1809-03-23 00:00:00

• IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOIiSE OF PEERS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23. In the Committee pf Privilege's on the Roxburgh Peerage, Counsel were shortly heard, and iurtlier proceeding was postponed till Monday. The Cape of Good Rope It ade Bill, the Bermuda Spirits Bill, and Campbell's Divorce Bill,. were read third time and passed. The North American Fish Importation Bill was read a second time, and committed for to-morrow. The Royal Marine Mutiny Bit!, the Jamaica Free Port Bill, and the Expiring Laws Bills, passed throllgh Committees, and were reported. Alcock, from the Treasury, presented an Account of the Pisposition of Monies granted for the service of the year 1808, so far as 'relates to Great Britain. Mr. Court, from the Post Office, an Account of Balances in the hands of. Deputy Postmasters, &c. Mr. Young, from the Custom-douse, Annual Accounts relative to trade and Navigation. And Mr. Montague, from the Chamberlain of London, Accounts ordered by Act of Parliament to be. laid before the House.—Ordered to lie on the The Crown Office Clerks Bill was brought up from; the Commons by Sir Wrn. Lemon and other Mem bers, and read a first time. Adjourned till, to.i - norrow (this-day). ROUSE OF 'COMMONS. ; WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22. The SPEAXER informed the House, that Monday text being the last day for receiving Private Bills, 'be should come to the House to•inorrow and Friday 'at.a qiwter past three o'clock, for the purpose of sth , mi taking his seat, if enabled so to do. • Leap-e was given. to the Selett CornMittee appoint ed to.lnquito into the abuses in the disposal of Of- 'flees conrite, 4 , with the East India Company's: ser % i ce , t o report to the House from time to time. . The Commilree on the Plymouth Police Bill was postpou4d till Friday. A message from. the Lords stated, that they hag) agreed to the Cape of Good 'Hope Trade Bill, .and to the Bermuda Bum .Bill .also that they had passed Campbell's Dixorce Mr. %Vim:wimp moved for an account of . lees ' receited aOhe Admiralty for licences and paits,es to vest ly sa.iling contrary to law, also to Letters. of lar,iuy;atitt vessel -sailing without convoy, for the tist tiv years.—Ortlertku. A p;,. on from lice Office of the Chamberlain of the City of London, presented his annual account. A person from the Treasury presented an account, showing how the money voted for the setvice of the year 1808 hld been disposed kperson from the Post r oirxe presented on account of the Arrears of that Mee. Sir . A.,WeLLESLEY ppstponed the Committee on the Irish Enlistment Bill from to-morrow till Mon day. The SECRETARY at WAR obtained leave to bring in the Innkeepers' Allowance Bill. MU,tTIA. Lnrd CASTI,EREAPti gavenotice that lie should on ! Monday move for leave to bring in a Bill for alter ing and amending the - Local Militia Bill of lasi Sea 'ion. He wished to have the Bill brought in, so that there might 'be tune to consider it during the Recess. The Office and PensiOn Duty Mil, and the Dover Lands 13t11, were severally read a second time, and ordered to be committed for to-morrow. ..• littstt El i A X SE • Mr.TOrrea having moved the second reading of the Irish Flax Seed Bounty Bill, Mr. A. BARING said, the bounir propoold by the Bight llonoutable Gentleman must operate only fur: next year, and so could do no good. He understood that the chinate.of Ireland was not tit for ripening flax, so that it could grow to seed. He Submitted, as the Bill could produce net imtnedi , ite boletit, it would be bett e r to posipohe ti till a later wriod in tbeSession, when it alight be seen in what situation me were likely to stand with America. :Mr. rosTati ,asserted, that the climate of Irelatut was ~ .ouiplett:ly fit for producing the very best reed. Ilia grower, ied, ; ed were in the ttse of 'cutting the flax' t.-arlyi that it might bring a higher price in the rt 131 1 1.0, So lii it it was sL , idoio aLowed to Vow , to seed. The objed of this Bill was to render Ireland independent of . America.; and he was satisfied it wo uld have that effect ; nor only so; but would ren-. der England in that resped independent of America also, - If the flax, 'however, did not grow to seed, • the pUblic would be no loser, as .irt, that case they would not. have to pay the bounty. •Mr. floarree conceived that the history of the trade itself showed, that. Ireland could not provide the fine part of the trade with the commodity re quired from within herself. He thought' this one of tbu most absurd systems of barbarous warfare: which went as far as. possible to drive us back to the barba rism and imeolicy which marked the days of the Stewarts. The time of sowing was the first ,or second week in May, .so the measure, at all events, co uld have no rife& this year. Mr. fstteevAe said, it weultf be absord to. say that no circumstances couldpccer 'which Should make us depart from any established principles we might hove laid down. The prOtietit was in his opinion one of those cases in 'which necessity requirekl that we ' should adopt some means of averting an evil' which seemed to threatenireland in destroying her' staple coi;:tuodity.. Mr. PAItN;LL said, that there was no inconteni. rice of any magnitude which would fall more easily in Ireland than the one now qUestion., There *a4 hardly a grower of who was not also a great sigricatUrist ; and of course the capital which was t retAttred in the dne could be easily ttirried to the 4f tin occonlinodation, on the other hand, were' immediately to by brought about with Arnerica, the growing of de, stud in , lrelatul must turn to be bad stiac kir itcria supported the Bill, and defended the principl6 of our Navigation Laws. oaf, lieland depended on. the MaiNfitOure, and f ho Mapufaaure ( fepended on a supply of Flax Seed. It we could int 4 ff4t AllieriCtip ton question theft . bto - e were we to loolf, for it ? He atiswered, irelaud 414ti1. It wit; a questiOn of necessity, • - and an experiment must he tried, if Ireland could not stlpfily herself.' — 'Gtialemen said, the 'Entuitrgo might be taken off in America. Very well. 'But, if not taken off, then we will have no linen ; and we have no linen we will have no Itrade. Why, then, 'he asked, should Ireland not try what she could do within herself ; and instead of continuing, dependant on the caprice of others, Indite an experiment of her own internal resources. On ,these g rounds be 4p proved of the measure of the Hight Hon. Gentleman opposite. Sir). NEWPORT sid, if the American Embargo , were taken off at t his moment, still he would agree in the present measure. He was not fn' leaving Ireland, in such an essential point, of the discretion and good will of others. Neither on America, nor on any other,eountry ought Ireland to have to depend fur the staple of her own country. Sir Gaottoz Hut observed, that, in Ulster, if a stop were 'pit to the Linen Trade, the people would .be unable to pay their debts, or, lucked, ,to exist. Mr. SHARI'S observed, tjiat Gentlemen on the Ministerial side supported the Bill on very different principles from those who supported it on that side of the House. Mieisters supported it as a tempo- , rary measure merely, in which view there was an etuanswerable objection to it, namely, that it w a s too late. There could not, in his opiniou, be a fairer description of the present Administration, than that it was an 'Admioistration of exceptions from every establishdd system. The Bill was their read a second time and ordered to be committed. The ISlelta ,Court .Bill was presented, and read the fast acne. Ordered tor the second reading torrnoreoVV. - Xtt.tett 414 LT Mr. , VOSTErt, in consequence of the telethon o the Bill yesterday, tot imposing a duty of es, per barrel additional. Upon Malt in Ireland, aftef some explanation of the cotyse he should now find it ne, cessary to pursue, in order to avoid so greet a loss. of . revenue as that rejection would occasion to the Ways and Means Of the year, moved, that the House do to-morrow resolVe into a Commitee, to take into consideration the Ads for imposing Dutieson Spirits distilled from Sugar in Ireland. Ordered. Sir JOHN NgWi'ORT had no objection to the mea sure proposed by the Right Una. "Gentleman, so tar as it would go to make beoefieial regulations, but thought it an extraordinary proceeding to attempt to raise large sums in the shape .efe-eventie in Ireland, before, the accounts of former grants were laid before the Now;e, or any general tatetnent made respect the finances of that country. .MreFosTelt •had no objedien to state 'et 'any time'. his opinion respetting the finances of Irelepd, though he did not• think that the proper moment for so do ing. The Right Honeflaroto must be aware that a sum not less than twenty-icier millions had already been voted by Parliament for the settee(' of the pre sent year, two seveuteenths of which, te.irg nearly three milholl4,Vere to be provided for by Iteland.— As the expence upon that sum was niteady in pro-, grass, and actually incurred, which renatred it ne-' cessary to provide successively the n c.rns of meet • ing it, when the general statement of the finances of the Empire should be brought forward by his Right lion. Friend (tlm Cliline4or of the EXellt.:- quer), wh e reby he e null be enabled to ascertain the quota of. Ireland, he should h2ve no hesitation is opoing the Irish Budget iu a COrlittei.: W4yi and Means. Sir JOHN New teraT again adverted to file circum stance, that the Papers had not been laid before the Hume, shewing what hail bootne o f t i* . m d n e y voted in former years. Mr. Foereet replied, that the accounts of the last year were, by Ad of Parliament; to have been pre sented on the ellt of March, but as the.eth of March fell on a Sunday, they. had been preseeted on the following Monday. One or two of the papers, from' some unavoidable were not then ready, but they. had since been presented ; that the ;light lion. Baronet, could nut have any groundiof complaint upon that head. The. Motion was then agreed to, and the Com mittee appointed for to-morrow. COMMITTEE -OF SUPPLY, The House, on the motion of Mr:WARD, •re» iolved itself into a Committee of Supply, ►o which the Navy istimates had' been previously referred— WHARTOI4 in the Chair. Mr. WARD then rose ,and stated, that in conse quence of what had alieady passed, when the va noes votes for the service of the Navy had i been :Omitted to. the Committee on a former occasion, 3m would not then ;have to trouble the Committee with any introductory observations. He should, therefore, content himself with moving the usual votes, reserving to himself, however, the liberty to an swer to any questions or inquiries which may be made upon any of the heads of the. Estimates. He had only to observe, that the Motionl he bad to submit were the usual . votes upon the Estimates. . The following sums were then moved by Mr. 'WARR for the respective services, and agreed to by the Coinmittee:- 1,408,4371. 13s. gd. For. the Ordinayv of the Navy, including lialf-pay of Naval Otticers and Marines, for the setvice.ot.tho year t 809. 2,20,0391: For Building, Re-building, and R. pairs of Ships of War, over and above the allow ance for wear and tear, tor the year lsog. 3,000,0001. For Hire of Transports for the, year 1809. 314,0001. For defraying the Charge for Sick and Wounded Seamen aid Marines, .0 Home and Abroad,. for the year 1809. 506,0001. For defraying the Charge of Prisoners : of Warin Health, for the year 1809. 500,001. For defraying the Chargefor Sick' Pri soners of War, for the year 1809.. Mr.WARD then begged 'Pardon •of the Committee, that he bad not particularly mentiohect the next sum which he proposed to more, which was now first, introdueed amongst the usual votes, but in which he, was convinced there could be no obje6tion, He moved, that there be granted to his Majesty, to en able his MRjoty to establish a Compassionate List for the Navy arid Marines, a sum not exceeding 60001. Sir CikARLEi PoLe wished to pinta question to the Right Hou, tl,e Chancellor of thy Exchequer re speti4ng the increase of the Conitnissioners of some of the departments connected with the Now:ll:Ser vice, such as the Viatialling Board, &c. What he desired to be informed of WAS, whether the Atlt of Queen Anne did not extend to these Board; ; and if so, whether it was not the opinion of the Law Offi cers of the Crown, that if the public service re quired any increase in these Boards, it would be ex pedient io have a particular At't passed to authorise the same ? The CITANCEILOR of the Excincurna replied, that it was the opinion of the Law Officers of the , Crown, and of the Lord Chancellor, that the ACS of Queen Anne did not extend' to the particular Conuniasioners alluded to by the Hon. Baronet. He had Himself felt it his duty, to direct his attention par ticolarly to the subje6t, and he had no hesitation in saying that he coincided in. that opinion. The Afit of Queen Anne applied only. to 'Commissioners ap pointed to execute offices which bad antecedently. been held by one person, and were in existence pre., vious to the passing of that A6t, 'such as the offices of Lord Treasurer, of Lord High Admiral. The. Commissioners to whorn . the Hon. Baronet referred, did riot execute the duties of an office previously ex isting, but derived their office and discharged the duties of it, in consequence of their Commission.— The Aa of Queen Anne, as the Honourabh.... Ba ronet would perceive, if heattended to the purview of it, had for its objet to define what offices may or may not be held by Members having seats in that Hence; and the lim;tations it set to the numbers of Commissioners bad reference only to Boards then'in existence. If it were purposed to increase the num ber of Commissioners of that description, a new A& would unquestionably be necessary ; and the Hon. Baronet might himself recolle6t, that when a it., years since it was thought expedient for the pub lic services to wake the Chancellor of the Exchequer for Ireland, for the time being, a Cumeniastuttue of the Ireasuryliere, a short Att was passed for the purpose, thongh no salary was propolsed to be given to him. He could assure the Honourable Baronet, therefore, that there was no ground ter his doubts upon the subje6t. Str Cri.teis.s You; returned thanks to the Right Honourable Gentleman for the information he re, ceived, and declared himself ,satisfied, he having had no other obje6t in putting the question than to promete the public, service. Mr. WARD stated that he had (pit it his duty to make himself acquainted with the lubjeet, and he declared himself of the same opinion as the Chan, cellar of the Exchequer. The'su'rn for the CoMpassionate List was then 'voted, 'and the Heuse having resumed, the Repert was ordered to be received to-morrow. The Irish Expiring Law Bill, the over Lands Bill, and the ,Irish Pro , Usion Bill, were read seVe, rally a second time, and ordered to be committed to-Morrow: - • The Tobacco Rill was read a third time and pa , ised. The Spirit Was!‘ Bill, and the Corn Export and rind Impar(Bill were each reported by Mr. WHAR TON; aid ordered to be read a thirtitime to-rnoy• ro w.—Adjourned. MAIL!, l'ttil,n—t Malta. t Dublin. 2 W.iterfurd. Du a—a Cot r Lisbon k 11V1alta, t 40,1 in, ‘Vatortord. • OV STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWILL'..'3, O*4:. 49115* THE SUN. 11CLIthl QUIi D 14134 YALIUM AUD4ATI, LONDON, TLIUIt!;DAY, MAUCH 3, 1809, Ws yesterday stopped the Press to state that a, Telegraphic Dispatch had reached the Admiralty from PlXmouth to the following Kee, vjz. I.' The Governor of Cadiz Murdered—lhe English in Great Favour." Our Letter from Plymouth, this morn ing, 'contains the following details upon the subject " PLYMOUTH, MARCH 2t. Arrived t'he Peacock Sloop of War, Capt. PEAKE, from Lisbon with dispatches ; sailed thence the 3d March, and on the following day spoke the Fisgard Frigate, Capt. Bovroist, who informed them that there had been an Insurreelion at . Cadiz, on the 224 rehruary, and that Don JUAN HERRADA was kill ed by•the Insurgents ; the Representative of the Supreme Junta at Cadiz (Marquis De \rutArt) was closely confined in the CapUchin Priory ; and Gen. CARAFFA was in hourly expectation of death: The English are held in the highest estimation,„and the people were very anxious lot 'the landing of the British troops. " The people of Cadiz are extremely. dissatisfied vvitlvilleir Leaders, and the greatest hatred prevails against the. French. After the people had. pit Don to deatli, they tore Out hit heart, and carried it on a pole through the streets Of Cadiz." r Since we received the above letter, we ,have learned that the Dispateltes which were bronght to Ministers, this day, fully c:onfirin the intelligence it contains. The Petieoik brings dispatches from Cadiz, dated t he: 23d of February, and from Lisbon of the 4th lost. We find by the former dispatches, that it was on the 224 ult. that the populace, conceiving themselves to have been .betrayed by the Gwern ment, refused to admit some Swiss troops into Ca diz, seized the Governor, Don *NAs BERUA DA, whom they''inimethatelyi put' to death, and took the Marquis Du VILLEL, one of the Su preme Junta, into custody, issuing a Proclamation, in which the motives are explained, and the condita of their generous Allies the. English highly extolled. General BERES7ORD had arrived -at Lisbon. No French in any par: of Portugal. YESTERDAY Sir DA.VID DUNDAS WPR4 presented to Hrs MAJRSTT upon his being appointed Co:nrnandet in Chief. The Opposition Writers, of course, di,• approve of this appointment ; but they are extretne-• ly puzzled to find out any plausible objection. HiS character as an Officer and -a .Gentlemieratends high to be attacked with any Chancel Of stteceit his military experience aortiotimate know.ledgeof all the 'details of the Army, •are too well , known lo be dig« plated. Upon any of these points, therefore, the appointment of Sir DAVID could not be very' _impugned ; but it has been discovered that he is ad vanced in years, and that he is unequal to the Citiguet of the office. We can, however, assure those Gen• tlemen, that thi gallant General is in.peitect poos sion of his health and ta , .:ulties, and fully able to dis; charge ail the duties of his °dice. We reeolleet per.. fectly well, that when Lord Baattrot was appOinteci, to the Admiralty, a Similar objeation was inaue td him on account of his age; and he (..!rt.iitily was considerably older than Sir DAVID OLINDA:. 14,0 t in no period of our naval history, were our suc cesses so great as during. short period chat Lor d BARHAM was at the bead of the AOtniraltY• Theybattle of Trafalgar, the vidoiles of Sir Ittcumtn STRACHAN and of Sir JOHN DUCKWORTH, were all obtained in the, course of a few 'months ; while during the vigorous administrations of Lout llama , and Mr. T. G,astsvmut, not one single Ship.of the Line was taken from the enemy. We hope; OM". fore, we shall not again hear the age of Sir DAVID' DUNIYAS assigned as a reason against the appoint ment, unless it can be stated that his health or facul tips are lip impaired as .tQ disqualify him tar tl,o duties of his office. Another American Vessel, called the 'Brag), which bad broken the Etnbargo, 4rrivcd at GreenoJ: last Saturday, trom Savannah. We have made WO Ex.trats from the Papers wh,ich she brought; they are Dot very important, except that we hind that proposition has been made to the S4nate to deny out right of search altogether, even of L:rehant VC! sels; a proposition which, if agreed tu, roast Poo voidably involve the two Countries in a War. I I . Ws this day received Dutch Papers to tits 18th, ;Ind liamburgh Papers to the Bth inst. :from which we have made several extraas. Tftre are no ix* counts, in these Papers of the eaual commencement of hostilities between Francl-. and AoStria. lleQuebeyn:shei'aiDlzuckee,sfcritt:' CORK, ctroulgtt , .....................- Yesterday, about twelve (). i ' Iris INI A 1V ""' Willdqor, where ; k i l t r rAC LAND, wasV.De at received t sstx, , 1 t * and Caataamo E . 1 LAG. :•40--cic. MS MAILSTY Leld a privnie Levee, which v• 111 a t. - a teniked by • The .riactibishopis of Canterbury, Y o rk, and Dublin, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord president of the Council, Oa Lord Privy seal, the Master General of the' Ordnance, the im ir4t Lord of the Actioirklty, thr President of tilf 804119 Trade, the Conunder In Chief, the three Secretaries O State, the Chadeellur of thc'Exchetiuer, the I.Qrd steward or the Itousehold, the Duke of Montrose, 4arl pt Ornirdt Louis Heathrield (gold stick), Rivers (in,waiting), iiir D. numbs, and I'. Hale,' qunerAt Leith, Colonel SCoir, titsjOr Norcott, Captain Blalie, and Mr. Fawkener. ' • ',' .1 The following had the honour oh being presenttd to his MAJESTY General Sir David Dund4s, upon his . beingippointed..o oll) ". mender in Chiet. • . • : • • The Earl of Orford, upon succeeding to his title. Major Leith, upon his promotion, iktid upon hi, return Spain. c: main Blake, upon his promotion. Lk'''. Col. Scott ( of the 94th reg. upon his promotion' Major NONOtt, of the sisth rifle regiment, upon his pro 'sauna!' and return from Spain. The Archbishop of Dublin, upon his arrival in Englard. His MAJEIITY held a Privy Council, at which 3 i t ' DAVID DUtaDAS was introduced, and sworn in a Member, and took his seat at the Honourable Board accordingly. • His biAJarrie gave private audiences to tl►e CI• binet Ministers present, and Sir DAVID DUSIDAto the Commander in Chief. About six o'clock. set on his return to Windsor. The Duke of PORTLAND was prt..vented fiord attending his MAJESTY yesterday, through indisp lion. Yesterday morning Mr. MI EARS, one of his Ma• jesty's Alessengers, left town with disltitches for oat .Mini,,ter at the Cuurt of Stockholm. His MAJBSTY has cliretted, that in future tha captains of the brigade ,of Fast Guards, shall 0 distinguished by two epaulets, they hiihierta-lowing but one ; and' the: Adjutants and ausirter MiWers - are in future restridedio otiO, the ) heietuf ore distinguished by two. Lmers from Paris, of the 19,th instant, ociv ise ; that the Duke of Au ers t a d t (DAvov4T) has se t oa , - fur Germany, and t h e D u k e o f '(lllssszN" tor Italy, to assume provi,ionally the Command iii Chief of the French armies assembled i n thaae countries. Intelligence has been received- at Lisbon, that 400 of the English prisoners, Who had been token by she French in Gallicia„ bad subsequently met with the good fortune to be liberated by some Spanish Pe a " sanity. A Major, Deputy Commissary, and bur geon, attached to the British tinny; bad gone fret° Lisbon to meet them, and make arrangements for their reception . . It is said, Captain MonsObt; the . Private Secretary to. Lord MoLOItAVE . ,• is to be the new Lord of th e Admiralty, in the room of Captain .Hopa. Music.--The fifth perforthance of the ANolefil CoscEttr for the present season, took phice last,nights at the Hanover-square Rooms, under the diredion of Lord riARNLEY. HARItI3ON, BARTLE/4:oi, Kt". VETT, till VAUGUANS, SALE, and MISS TRAVIS:Were the Vocal Performers. The selection iris I.l ° l . Th HANDgL and PLIECELL. CARTEkefi Glee Of " 6 n , A'anny," harmonized by FiAIEitISON, Was, mucti mired. The Dukes of Kawr and CAMERIDGE, a nuinerdus train of Nobility were pre,es it.